More disastrous games…
Happy New Year! I’d love to say that I missed blogging during my Christmas break, but I didn’t. However I am looking forward to a year that will be packed with exciting developments in the world of humanitarian.info, etc, etc. First up: GAMES!
I’ve written about humanitarian games before, but the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has just released a new game on disaster risk reduction. Stop Disasters is a fantastic game with a wealth of information on disaster management.
It’s basically SimDisaster: you have a budget, a location and an imminent disaster.� Manage the budget, uncover key facts and reduce the disaster risk for that location. I managed to plant about 300 mangrove trees before realising that I was meant to build a broadcast system as well.
It’s the first time I’ve seen an online game of this type that really delivers in terms of playability and education. Go play!
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The game sounds interesting, but I just can’t seem to get it to load on my ‘net connection.
Sanjana Hattotuwa
16 Jan 07 at 3:50
Hmmm… the connection appears to be down. Clearly my blog post has sparked off so much demand that their server has collapsed….
Paul Currion
16 Jan 07 at 11:10
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